BBC World News celebrates 25 years on screens across the globe

Ros Atkins
I got to Soweto a few hours after Nelson Mandela had died, and I expected to report on quiet mourning, but by the time I was on air a singing, dancing celebration of his life was very much under way.

Rajan Datar
From my perspective it’s always a joy to be allowed entry into a country that has been isolated for decades, as with our filming trip to Myanmar, or Burma, where we discovered incredible natural beauty and people desperate to talk to the rest of the world.

Karin Giannone
My most memorable moment was the first time I was sent abroad for BBC World News to Rome to cover the Italian debt crisis and the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi. Being live on air in huge crowds when he finally stepped down - I will always remember that moment.

Geeta Guru-Murthy
A memorable moment? Well, rolling on three huge stories: Israel and Gaza, the Yazidis and IS plus the Malaysian plane crash over Ukraine. All totally distressing but absolutely gripping. It is of course the human stories that stay with you; watching the Afghanistan girl being threatened to be sold off in marriage thinking, ‘is there anything we can do?’ The little boy in dungarees suspected of having Ebola. Those are the stories that stay with you, but I hope that in telling those stories and being part of this incredible news room that we do something to help.

Lucy Hockings
From the 9/11 attacks to the current refugee crisis here in Europe and all the world-altering events in between, it's been amazing for me to be part of the BBC World News team for all of these years.

Katty Kay
My most memorable moment was covering the 2008 US presidential election. Watching Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton run for the White House was endlessly exciting and also inspiring.

Yogita Limaye
The most memorable story I've covered is the Nepal earthquake. Being able to communicate the scale of the disaster, especially from the more remote parts of the country, to people around the world made me really see why journalism matters.

Stephen Sackur
My most powerful memory is reporting from Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein. I uncovered the first evidence of mass graves containing thousands of bodies murdered by Saddam's regime. It was important to bear witness.

Jon Sopel
The most memorable moment for me was sitting down and interviewing US President Barack Obama and then watching it go out not on BBC World News - though it did - but on all the American networks who wanted to run our interview.

Laura Trevelyan
The most important story I've covered was the humanitarian crisis caused by cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. I travelled with the UN Secretary General as he surveyed the devastation and persuaded Myanmar's isolated military rulers to accept outside help.